Digital BW, The Print

So what you really want is a Hasselblad, not a F5?!?  I enjoy using my Nikon
990 as a poor man's Hasselblad, sneaking up on unexpecting pedestrians and
museum guards.  My D1 takes the pictures I'm not afraid to be seen taking.
Just shot 15 rolls of TMAX400 on an F100...should be interesting to see how
similar shots taken with the D1 compare. From what I understand the D1X
blows away everything on the market except for the Digital Hasselblad back
($20K).  But if you have Canon lenses then Canon it must be.

Robert

On 9/7/01 5:53 PM, "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...> wrote:

> Thanks for the info. I'm waiting for the next Canon, myself.
> 
> Sure wish they had a waist level finder, or a swing out Monitor.
> 
> Jerry
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> Robert Morrison wrote:
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>> No...its shaped like a F5, feels like an F5, and layed out like an F5...but
>> is not an F5...its a D1X.  Nikon and Canon don't make digital cameras like
>> Kodak...thank God...they aren't as big either.
>> 
>> Robert
>> 
>> On 9/7/01 1:18 PM, "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...> wrote:
>> 
>>> but if it has no removable prism, It can't really be an F5 body, can it?
>>> 
>>> There's an awful lot you cannot do if you don't have the removable prism.
>>> 
>>> Jerry
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>>> 
>>> Robert Morrison wrote:
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>>>>> Does the DX1 have that sports viewfinder the F4 and F5 had available?
>>>> 
>>>> Probably not.
>>>> 
>>>>> It was
>>>>> terrific, if pricy. Is the DX1 truly an F5 body?
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, same metering and controls, but obviously many extra controls.  Feels
>>>> very similar...although a bit heavier.
>>>> 
>>>>> Does it have a
>>>>> removeable prism?
>>>> 
>>>> No
>>>> 
>>>> Robert
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> David Brugge wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Garry Sarre"
>>>>>> <gazzzzperth@y...> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Ideally I would like to shoot digital, but the medium format
>>>>>> digital
>>>>>>> backs for hasselblad are a bit pricey here ($50,000 by the time you
>>>>>>> upgrade the blad) and the next step down is to 35mm maybe a Nikon
>>>>>> d1X
>>>>>>> (I think) but I can't see the subjects expression big enough
>>>>>> through
>>>>>>> the viewfinder. I need to see exactly what the eyes are doing so
>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> I can choose the moment to click. This was a big dissappointment
>>>>>> when
>>>>>>> trying 35mm digital for portrait. Subject expression is everything
>>>>>>> in my stuff.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Garry,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am not a portrait photographer, but I shoot a lot of kids for
>>>>>> advertising. Because I seldom have to do extreme enlargements, I
>>>>>> don't need to shoot medium format. I DO have to see the eyes, so 35mm
>>>>>> just doesn't get it for me.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Lately I started experimenting with digital camera equipment. I'm
>>>>>> waiting for the dust to settle a little before I invest any real
>>>>>> dollars into equipment. In the meantime I got a Nikon 990, just to
>>>>>> fool around.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> A neat feature that I didn't know about is the video out port. I can
>>>>>> mount the camera on a tripod and hook up a regular TV as a monitor. I
>>>>>> took this setup to a shoot and halfway through the shoot, turned the
>>>>>> monitor around so that the kids could see themselves. I worked great!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I can get a very respectable image from the little camera in full
>>>>>> TIFF mode, but the refresh rate at HI setting is just too long (about
>>>>>> 45 sec.) to be used for serious work.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I mention this because you MAY want to consider something like the
>>>>>> D1H or D1X (very fast refresh rate, much higher quality output) with
>>>>>> a video monitor, just to get your feet wet.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> David Brugge
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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